In summary
- In most companies with poor Wi-Fi, the broadband connection is good — the problem is the internal network.
- Walls, glass and even metal shelving they shape the signal in ways nobody could guess off the top of their head.
- One coverage study it measures the signal metre by metre and shows exactly where and why it fails.
- With the map in hand, the solution usually is simpler and cheaper than “buy more routers”.
In this article
The symptoms that everyone knows
The meeting room where the video call always cuts out. The corner of the office where there is “no signal”. The Wi-Fi that slows down at 11am when everyone is at work. The colleague who shares mobile data because they've given up. If you recognise your company in these sentences, you have an internal network problem — and you've probably already wasted money on solutions that didn't work.
The operator is almost never to blame
The first instinct is to call the operator and upgrade the contracted speed. It rarely resolves the issue, because the bottleneck is not at the entrance to the building — it's in the distribution inside. Domestic equipment serving dozens of people, poorly positioned access points, radio channels interfering with each other, and buildings whose construction swallows the signal. More contracted speed in a system like this is like putting a bigger engine in a car with the handbrake on.
What is a coverage study
Um técnico percorre as instalações com equipamento de medição e constrói um mapa real do sinal: onde é forte, onde é fraco, onde há interferência e onde morre por completo. Ao mapa juntam-se os hábitos da empresa — onde se fazem as videochamadas, quantas pessoas trabalham em cada zona, que equipamentos se ligam.
O resultado é um diagnóstico preto no branco: estes são os problemas, estas são as causas, e isto é o que custa resolver. Sem achismos e sem vender equipamento a mais.
What happens after the study
With the map made, the DataRoad designs and installs the solution: pontos de acesso profissionais nos sítios certos — que quase nunca são os sítios onde estavam —, canais configurados para não interferirem, e redes separadas para equipa e visitas.
Na maioria dos escritórios, a instalação faz-se num dia, sem parar ninguém. E se preferir nunca mais pensar no assunto, a rede fica managed and monitored by us. Mark the coverage study — it is the first step, and it is free for businesses.
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